[Haskell-cafe] [Haskell] ANNOUNCE: Haskell Platform 7.10.2

Harald Hanche-Olsen hanche at math.ntnu.no
Sat Aug 1 07:32:06 UTC 2015


Brandon Allbery wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Harald Hanche-Olsen
> <hanche at math.ntnu.no <mailto:hanche at math.ntnu.no>> wrote:
>[…]
>     If I have understood correctly, in the upcoming OS X 10.11 […]

Uh, 11.0, I mean.

>     So perhaps the installer should be changed to install the binaries
>     elsewhere, such as /usr/local/bin?
>
> Mostly correct. I would argue against /usr/local though […]

Good point.

> Many third party packages already use /opt, e.g. /opt/haskell or
> /opt/haskell-platform. (See for example XQuartz or calibre.)

Given the current use of /Library/Haskell, /opt/haskell seems the more 
consistent choice.

– Harald


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